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What does this mean for Selkirk. That’s what I’m wondering, unless MA is just here for an investment and nothing more.

Well Selkirk, seems like you have to make your move sooner than later.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Kelso have had private discussions with Mike Ashley and his senior team too.

Wow! Did Wildtiger finally get burnt? Haha. This is what happens when you’re always shorting, sometimes you sell at the wrong time ;) let’s hope it hasn’t eaten into too much of your winnings.

I usually ignore the trolls but this is a fun one to acknowledge :D

Honestly, I think it’s a bit harsh to call out the naysayers because I always fear that the SP is going to be brought down after a nice rise. I hope I’m wrong but we’ve been here, day in, day out and it happens all the damn time.

This is why I’m hoping a big event and change takes place rather than relying on this to organically grow as the traders and shorts will always target this.

Whether there is chatter happening in the background or not, it wouldn’t be surprise. The SP is back under 40p ffs! Everyone and their dog (Kelso - pun intended) knows that this is undervalued and it’s always a topic of conversation in the city but the same people are also well aware of the volatility because the shorts love attacking this and the CEO lets be honest, shouldn’t be a CEO because he has limited skills in driving the organisation in its most challenging times, though credit to him for growing this into what it’s become.

To even think that we had an online account - CitySpy who was just solely dedicated to rumours about one stock and one stock only just shows how much emphasis there was on this being undervalued. I didn't see any account talking about Boohoo, Asos, Ocado, etc etc etc.

Also, this stock has always been associated with rumours of a takeover, it happens yearly and it’s been a while so I’m thinking we are due. The smoking gun for me was Ingenuity being taken private, it’s done now, MM has his baby and he’s not getting any younger and is probably working on a retirement plan over the next few years and will also want Nutrition and Beauty to be in hands he can trust which is why the Selkirk presentation was the other smoking gun for me. The fact that Selkirk are associated with Kelso adds to this being a smoking gun, I’d be so so surprised if nothing comes of this. Just thinking from MM’s perspective, a man who loves control, if he doesn’t act on his remaining brands then things could be out his hands in the foreseeable future as you never know what could happen down the line and he will want to make those big changes sooner rather than later.

Let’s see what comes of this. All I know is, if this continues to dip, I’ll stick throw some money at it. It’s only right that I do, whatever it takes to lower my average. Like everyone, I obviously want a huge event because the sooner it’s all over the better.

Whatever happens, I’m hoping they get it done sooner than later before the looming financial crisis which seems to be coming this year.

There was not one single person that thought Nutrition would meet results, we’ve been here long enough to know roughly how the trading update would go. We were hoping it would be better than expected.

Let’s not confuse hope with expectations.

@venture_capital - You just described every costumers mentality all over the world. If that wasn’t the case then we’d all be shopping at M&S and Waitrose for everything and places like Aldi and Asda wouldn’t exist.

Moniman - I appreciate your posts, I really do. But what value are we going to get with bashing the chairman every day and saying that he should be sacked? If it was up to us, we’d get rid off all senior management as well as the board. It doesn’t help and repeating it each day on a forum where there are only a handful of regular posters. Just feels quite pointless doesn’t it?

Each to their own. But anything under 40p is and will always be an absolute steal for this stock. As depressing as it is seeing it at this level, I will always be buying.

Tbh. I also thought results were as expected. Beauty to be performing well and Nutrition not quite hitting the mark.

MM doesn’t seem to have the strategic capability of driving Nutrition forward and everyone around him seems to be walking on egg shells. Fingers crossed Selkirk come in and save us.

Why would you even ask this daft question. Do you have any clue about this business or do you just randomly like to chuck your money into stocks?

Isn’t this just perfect timing for Selkirk to take Nutrition? Beauty is performing well but there is an insane amount of potential with Nutrition that is still for some reason not being tapped into.

Selkirk take nutrition, massive cost cutting exercise, get rid off all of the kids in charge and transform it into what it should be and then they will likely sell it off in a few years time.

Meanwhile, Beauty is valued at what it should be. It wouldn’t surprise me if there are bigger firms looking at taking Beauty on its own. There are so many possibilities, one thing I am certain of is that some kind of massive change is needed and MM shouldn’t be running these companies, he has ingenuity.

I am hoping they pull something out of the bag. Just something, anything to get some momentum going or for us to be hopeful that the end is coming.

I’m just afraid that good results will not be the answer. As typically the SP rises for a few days and then the shorts bring it down to a lower point than it was before and you can’t help but feel helpless.

If Selkirk are involved in the future of the business then I’m hoping we hear something as we’ve been in the exact same position 2 years ago and nothing has changed. We need change and we need it now and that’s coming from a patient investor who’s backed the company all the way through.

It’s been nothing but misery for years and it is just getting worse.

Are the board blind? Surely they have a plan that will come into motion soon and they can put us out of our misery. The fact that 1.30 is now an acceptable offer most will accept is quite sad.

Sit back and relax and let the next few months unfold. Let’s just hope they get things over the line, any lowball or ridiculous offer will hopefully be rejected.

Chill out with all this negativity and leave this nonsense behind in 2024. One tweet and all of a sudden, theories are flying all over the place and we all know what’s happening?

Let’s see how the next few months unfold and have some hope ffs.

It won’t be peaceful, but that’s another story. All the best guys.

Never know quite what’s around the corner. Another global pandemic as an example could boost all online businesses and next thing you know, everyone wants a piece in 2025.

Never say never….

Same. I don’t think there is much of a surprise about the fall. The bigger surprise was the increase in SP we had over the past week or so, it’s just returning back to where it was and with the US markets falling, it’s accelerated the decline.

Selkirk will be here soon enough…